| |
Habenaria digitata
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
ORCHIDACEAE
|
| |
Citation: Habenaria digitata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 307. 1835; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 134. 1890; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1469(1026). 1928; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 286. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 481. 1990; Sathish in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 204. 1999; Sathish & Manilal, Orchid Memories 193. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 486. 2005.
Habenaria trinervia Wight, Ic. t.1701. 1852.
Habenaria travancorica Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 135. 1890; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 396. 1984.
Habenaria digitata Lindl. var. travancorica (Hook. f.) C.E.C. Fisch. in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1469(1026). 1928.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Terrestrial herbs; plants up to 30 (-50) cm, with stalked ovate tuberoids; stem stout, leafy. Leaves 5-7, sessile, largest and crowded in the middle of stem, orbicular to oblong-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, up to 10 x 4 cm, margin some what undulate. Inflorescence dense flowered; lower bracts foliaceous, the lower exceeding ovary, the upper equalling the ovary. Sepals green, the dorsal sub-orbicular-concave, 6 mm; lateral sepals obliquely ovate-lanceolate, 10 x 4 mm. Petals 2-parted nearly to the base, posterior lobe greenish, curved backwards and upwards, linear-lanceolate, sickle-shaped, anterior lobe whitish, filiform, curved backwards, 10-12 mm long, usually slightly longer than posterior. Lip deeply 3-parted, white at base, lobes subequal, narrow-linear, mid-lobe straight, 12-14 mm long, green towards the apex, side-lobes spreading and curved backwards, slightly shorter than mid-lobe. Spur c.11 mm long, slightly shorter than ovary, inflated towards apex. Column 4-5 mm high. Anther canals short, curved upwards. Stigmatic processes clavate. Ovary glabrous.
|
| |
Habit:
Herb
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
|
| |
District(s):
Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Wayanad, Thrissur, Kollam, Kannur
|
| |
Medicinal:
|
| |
Habitat:
Evergreen forests and grasslands
|
| |
Distribution:
India to Myanmar
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
Green, White
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
No
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
|
| |
Localities:
Walakkad, Chokkampatti hills, Dhoni R. F., Kallipara
|